Watch Your Back (Devil's Backbone, #2)
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So…Heath.
Helene Svendsen
Dont scare me like that
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I hate the fact that hurting her hurts me. When the fuck did I start giving a shit whether she’s crying herself to sleep at night? Not my problem. She’ll get over it. N. Essex, December 29
Helene Svendsen
Aww you fool
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tiny little resin duck sat on top of the shoebox
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“You didn’t know I was coming? But you wore my dress…”
Helene Svendsen
Haha thats what i thought it wsthe same dreas
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Carly shrugged. “With Royce, obviously. Or me! I’ve never eaten pussy before but I reckon I’d be excellent at it.”
Helene Svendsen
HAahhaa love her
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We are not in a good place, Carter, and every time I let you get close, it feels like I lose a piece of myself to you.”
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“Is that such a bad thing, Spark? I’d keep those pieces safe.”
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Heath let me go, crossed the distance to where Nate stood in the kitchen, and dropped him with one solid punch.
Helene Svendsen
Hell yeah
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“I find it fascinating that you’re constantly thinking about sex around me, Essex. Don’t you?”
Helene Svendsen
HIHIHIHI
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“Who the fuck hurt you, Layne?” he demanded, oozing violence and rage.
Helene Svendsen
Hihihihi
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Ash is my end game. I feel it in my bones. I just need her to see it too. H. Briggs, January 11
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“I could stay like this forever,”
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“This is where I feel most at home, balls deep in your sweet cunt.”
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Spark. He’d cut my nickname into his arm just as I’d threatened to do if he didn’t stop calling me Ashley.
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“You’re insane,”
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“I’m in love.”
Helene Svendsen
AHHHHH
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“I’m yours now. It’s permanent.”
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“I’m not sure we can call it an accident when you repeatedly bludgeoned a restrained man, bro. There’s literally nothing left of his face.”
Helene Svendsen
Well damn heath
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She’s mine now, and I’m never letting her go. Can I share her with Heath? We’ll see, I guess. C. Bassington, January 12
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Then I rewound enough to hear Dr. Fox’s gloating confession that not only had he been messing around in Heath’s head for months but that he’d also planted the idea of suicide when Heath had started remembering some of the hypnosis-induced acts he’d partaken in.
Helene Svendsen
Omg
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“According to her? Nothing. According to the state? Mass homicide so…she’s in there for life. Fun fact, I was actually born in prison.”
Helene Svendsen
Wtf royce
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“You live here now. Surprise!”
Helene Svendsen
Hhahahaa
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“You told your mom about me?”
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“Oh, honey, you’re all he talks about these days.
Helene Svendsen
Obvi hehe
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And yet, when I was put on trial the prosecution somehow had video surveillance footage that showed me butchering them all with an ax while they slept.”
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Had Katie been one of the first hypnosis victims twenty-four years ago?
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“Sometimes the pillow wall disappears in the night, and I wake up snuggling you like you’re my favorite teddy bear,” I blurted out, then clapped both hands over my mouth.
Helene Svendsen
HAahah girrrrrrlllll
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I like you. I think about you naked all the time. I wanna be more than friends. I might already love you.
Helene Svendsen
Hihi
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“What if I told you I was the one destroying the pillow wall every night?” He dipped his head but glanced at me through his long lashes. “Because every time I did, you would snuggle into me almost immediately, and I liked to pretend for a couple of hours that you were mine.”
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“Squirrel, baby, I can safely say…I never want to be your friend again.” Then his mouth was back on mine in a friendship-destroying kiss that sent my head spinning, and in a matter of seconds, all our remaining clothes disappeared.
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“You pierced your dick? Of fucking course you did, Royce.”
Helene Svendsen
Of course he is piercedddddd
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“Are you sure you’re not hurt?” Nate asked, making me freeze. “You were walking a bit stiff and seem…uncomfortable right now.”
Helene Svendsen
HAHHHAHHAAHHAHA
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“I was calling to ask why the hell Max’s boss just congratulated him on his son’s engagement?”
Helene Svendsen
HAHAHAAH
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You’re my obsession, Ashley. Every minute you’re not touching me, my heart aches. I love you so much, it literally hurts sometimes. Does that scare you?”
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“Christ, Roycey, for a man so good with his fingers, I expected you to know how to use chopsticks.”
Helene Svendsen
HAhaha
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“Because apparently I can’t get my fake fiancée out of my head.”
Helene Svendsen
Hehehe yeppp
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“I’m being stalked and threatened, and it’s recently started to escalate. We think you’re now being targeted, Ash.”
Helene Svendsen
The fuck ?
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“Oh, good. You’ve finally connected the dots. That took a lot longer than anticipated.”
Helene Svendsen
Omg
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“Geographically? We’re in Montana. This is a very discreet and well-funded psychiatric care facility, where people such as yourself can be given the care and treatment they need, without any prying eyes.”
Helene Svendsen
Wtf she had her comitted somewhere?
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“That’s your signature, is it not? On the appointment of the MPOE form naming Nathaniel Essex as legally empowered to make any and all medical decisions on your behalf?”
Helene Svendsen
Whuttttt
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“Heathcliff Briggs. Ah yes, I see…his suicide seemed to trigger your initial psychotic break. Do you often refer to him as if he is still alive?”
Helene Svendsen
EXCUSE YOU?!
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“Ashley…denial isn’t helping you here. Heathcliff hung himself in early December, and your mental health took a sharp decline from there. Your parents had you admitted on a psychiatric evaluation on Christmas Day, after you ran out into the snow wearing just a pair of pajamas, then fell through the ice of a frozen pond.”
Helene Svendsen
Wtf
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You gave your stepbrother medical power of attorney in a moment of lucidity after your mother and his father were confirmed dead in a plane crash last week. Nathaniel is all the family you have left.”
Helene Svendsen
Excuse you